For Student Participants – Information You Should Know About the SRC

Congratulations on being invited to an ACM Student Research Competition.

Here is some important information

SRC Travel Award

ACM’s SRC program covers expenses up to $500 for all students invited to an SRC. The kinds of conference expenses that are acceptable include:
Transportation expenses (air, rail, bus, taxi, car service, car rental, parking); If you’re driving your own car, you can expense 48.5 cents per mile
Meals, hotel, tips
Supplies for poster development, poster shipment, etc.
Conference registration

You will be reimbursed once we receive your SRC Travel Expense report form along with receipts for all expenses above $25.

Posters
Please see this article for guidance on posters. Remember that each conference may have additional specifications for posters. Sometimes you can elect to have your submission sent to the chair of a separate student contest that takes place at the same conference.

Judging Criteria
Abstracts are judged on the motivation of the research; background work; approach; and results and contribution. The first and second rounds of the SRC are evaluated based on quality of oral and visual presentation; research methods; and significance of contribution. Click here for additional information.

Grand Finals Information
The winners from the competition year's SIG-conference-hosted Student Research Competitions will participate in the Grand Finals. Students submit an overview of their research that adheres to the format of problem & motivation, background & related work, uniqueness of the approach, and their results & contributions. This submission must be in html format with no external links or external style sheets. The text content should be no more than 4,000 words and should fit on 5 pieces of paper when printed. View papers from the current grand finals participants.

Winners
To see names and submissions of SRC winners, please click here.
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